Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 11, 2010 9:24 pm We are hoping to build this year and have just looked at a single skin Timbercrete house on display in Nowra. Does anyone have experience of building and living in a Timbercrete house in the Canberra region, with its extremes of hot and cold ? If so, I'd be interested in how is it coping re internal temperature and need for heating / cooling ? Also, any problems building with this material? It looks pretty simple but then I know next to nothing about building. Thanks Wow I hadn't realised things had gotten that pricey in just a couple of years since I built, that is crazy with how much land is now costing if you aren't lucky enough to… 3 7018 There is evidence of water on the head reveals. That could have happened during the build, or may be happening currently. There are water stains above a couple of windows… 2 3775 You’re on the right track, wire brush in a grinder then a zinc rich epoxy primer then a top coat of some sort, like a waterproofing membrane. Raising the concrete would… 1 6980 |